Duchess - Duchess (2015)

ure-footed swing, sweet-toned harmony and everinsouciant charm are embodied in the new jazz vocal trio Duchess, featuring notable New York singers Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou. The group s debut album DUCHESS, channels the 1930s inspiration of the virtuosic Boswell Sisters into a wonderfully entertaining and contemporary package. The songs of Duchess range from the Peggy Lee number 'I Love Being Here With You' and Johnny Mercer s P.S. I Love You' to new twists on 'Que Sera, Sera and the indelible standard 'I ll Be Seeing You.' There s a playful Gershwin rarity with 'Blah, Blah, Blah' and a direct Boswell Sisters homage with their arrangement of 'Heebie Jeebies.' And there are solo spots for each of the Duchess ladies with My Brooklyn Love Song (Gardner), 'A Doodlin Song' (Cervini) and 'Humming to Myself' (Stylianou). A blend of the vintage and the fresh, Duchess is a fizzing cocktail of an album.